Hammer.



No. 825,560 PATENTEB J'ULY 10, 1906.

5, E. SMITH,

HAMMER.

APPLXGATIDN FILED FEB. 21. mos

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

JAMES H. SMllH, OF SALISBURY MILLS, NEW YORK.

HAMMER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented July 10, 1908 Application no 1 8m 21.1905. scion; 362,366.

advantageous nail-placing hammer hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim appended In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hammer constituting ,thc present and preferred cl'nbodirnent of my invention as the some appears within naii in position to be placed in 2% wall or other ob jeot. F ig. 2 is an enlarged detail side elevetion illustrating the socket in the hemnierhead for holding nails while the spine are be ing laced, and Fig. 3 is a. detsii top pins of the ennncnheed.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, 'recrring to which-' A is the handle of my novel hammer, and B is the head thereof. Both the handle and head may be of,the ordinary general shape and construction or of any other 9. proved general shape and construction wit out in volving do arture from the scope of my in vention. he hezid B is, however, peculiar in that it is rovided in its side and top with a socket C or holding nails while the same are being placed through the medium of the hammer.

The socket G is open at its upper end and is provided with an outer portion a, the lower end i) of which is rounded, and a. comparatively wide inner portion 'c, so that the socket as a whole is of T form in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 3. The outer narrow portion a of the socket is designed to receive the shank of a nail whichrests a ainst the lower rounded end 6, 'as shown in ig. 1 while the comparative-11y widoportion c has for its pur-' ose to snug receive the head of the neii. .n virtue of t s it will be apparent that the nail when laced as shown in Fig. 1 will be" securely 1i.- (1 against or =iual movement, and hence may be readily plsccd or driven to B;

slight extent into a 'wall or other obiect through the Incdium of the hammer held in e sidewisc position. It will also be apparent that with the nail positioned in the socket (1, as shown in Fig. I, a carpenter or other person is enabled to readily place a. nail at a point considerably above his head and may then drew the hummer-head downward out of engagement with the nail and afterward use the hammer in the usual manner to drive the nail home. It will further be noticed by reference to the drawings, particularly Fig; 3, that the socket C is formed on tirely within one side of the head'B and does not involve weakening of the head or the formation of a. lateral pro'ection on the same.

The soc ct C has its outer portion a .re-

duced in width step by step, as indicated by 61, toward its lower end. sch er the ste s d is rounded to snugly conform to and firm y seat the shank of a coil of a certain size, and

hence it will be clear that the socket C illustrated is adapted to receive and securely held against casual movement or displacement nails of three different sizes. The practical advantage of the socket having the steps d in its outer wall or portion will be better appreciated when it is remembered that it is essential to the secure holding of the nail against casual wahhling or displacement for the shank 'of the nail to have s firm seat or support positioned to maintain it at ri ht angles to theside of the head B. It will a so he seen-that the peculiar step ed formation of the outer portion or wall 0 the socket G ads. to the socket to snugly receive and seeuro 3* hold nails of different sizes, and this without inereasin the depth of the socket from theside of t is head and in that way weeks the head.

As will c observed by reference to Fig.2, the comparatively wide inner ortion c of the socket C extends below the ower end of the comparatively n rrow outer portion a Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ant, is

A hammer having a flat side and also hevi extends below the lower end of the outer :0 portion.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my lmlm in presence of two subscribing witinf entirely within the plane of the said flat si e JAMES H. SMITH.

a socket for holding nails while the same are being placed; the said socket extendin downward from the top of the hammer an being made 11 of an outer portion havin i, nesses. steps arrenge l to snugly conform to am firmly seat nail-shanks and also having a Witnesses:

lower part narrower than the upper part, and J osEPir KENNEDY,

a comparatively Wide inner portion Whieh JAMES F. ROBERTS. 

